Dejan Stanković
Serbian football manager (born 1978) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dejan Stanković (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Станковић, Serbian pronunciation: [dějan stǎŋkoʋitɕ], born 11 September 1978) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He captained the Serbia national team from 2007 until 2011, when he announced his retirement from international football.[3][4] He is currently the manager of Hungarian team Ferencváros.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Dejan Stanković[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1978-09-11) 11 September 1978 (age 45) | ||
Place of birth |
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Ferencváros (manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1985–1992 | Teleoptik | ||
1992–1995 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1998 | Red Star Belgrade | 85 | (29) |
1998–2004 | Lazio | 137 | (22) |
2004–2013 | Inter Milan | 231 | (29) |
Total | 453 | (80) | |
International career | |||
1998–2013 |
FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Serbia | 103 | (15) |
Managerial career | |||
2014–2015 | Udinese (assistant)[2] | ||
2019–2022 | Red Star Belgrade | ||
2022–2023 | Sampdoria | ||
2023– | Ferencváros | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Stanković began his career at Red Star Belgrade before joining Lazio in 1998. He spent more than five years with the latter club before joining Inter Milan, where he remained until his retirement in 2013. Stanković is renowned for being the only man to represent three differently named nations at FIFA World Cups – Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia.[5]